So, from the moment their child could walk and talk, the family would pay a literate scholar a small fee to teach their child basic reading and writing. These formed the foundation of their academic life.
The most basic entrance exam prior to attending the school in town was a test on writing the names of one's family members, describing one's hobbies and the like.
"Ran Er, why do you ask?" Ye Ling asked, concerned.
He'd managed to observe discreetly that Liu Ran was not very happy.
Liu Ran fiddled with his fingers, his head lowered. Soon, he said, in a rather depressed mood, "I don't have any friends there, and it's so far from home."
Suddenly he did not want to stay too far away from home.
When he was studying in the village school, many of his classmates were from the same community.
